Page last updated: 23-APR-2010

Health and Social Care Information

The aim of the Health and Social Care Information Programme is to contribute to the improvement and integration of health and social care, particularly for the elderly and/or those with long term conditions, by the development and dissemination of information and information tools.

Programme Summary

The Programme was created in April 2010 by combining the Joint Future and Long Term Conditions Programmes. The purpose of the Programme is to contribute to the improvement and integration of health and social care, particularly for the elderly and/or those with long term conditions by the development and dissemination of information and information tools. Current priorities include:

  • Continue to develop new tools and utilise existing tools for risk-stratification and case-finding to assist practitioners in identifying patients who require additional care management or co-ordination or other relevant interventions. In particular to further enhance ISD's SPARRA (Scottish Patients at Risk of Readmission and Admission) risk prediction tool.
  • Develop information sources and analyses to understand the extent and impact of long term conditions (LTCs) and to support the delivery and continuous quality improvement of care for individuals with LTCs, including information expertise in working with the Long Term Conditions Collaborative.
  • Continue to support the development of information about the balance of long term care and shifting the balance of care from long stay hospital care to community care. In particular performing the census on: (a) Patients receiving NHS Continuing Care; and (b) Monitoring the frequency and duration of discharge delays for people ready to move to the next stage of care.
  • Continue to support the development of information and information tools relating to provision of care within care homes. In particular: (a) Creating a person-based census of individuals resident in care homes; and (b) In partnership with Joint Improvement Team and Care Commission, evaluating the Care Home Staffing Model to measure the residents´ dependency and determine appropriate staffing levels.
  • Continue to support the development of information and information tools relating to provision of care and the measurement of dependency for individuals in the community, for example, in the usage of the IoRN (Indicator of Relative Need) dependency tool.
  • Support the Joint Improvement Team in developing the Outcomes approach to Community Care, including the Community Care Outcomes Framework.

Main topic areas

Contact Details

Contact: Peter Martin
Tel: +44 (0) 131 275 6527
Email: peter.martin3@nhs.net

Contact: Lorna Jackson
Tel: +44 (0) 131 275 6419
Email: lorna.jackson@nhs.net

Steering Group

  • Mandy Andrew, Regional Manager (North) — Long Term Conditions Collaborative
  • Susan Bishop, National Programme Manager — Long Term Conditions Collaborative
  • Penny Bridger, Consultant in Public Health Medicine — ISD
  • Chris Bruce, Partnership Improvement and Outcomes Division — Scottish Government
  • Elaine Drennan, Analytical Services Division — Scottish Government
  • Anne Hendry, NHS Lanarkshire and Clinical Lead — Long Term Conditions Collaborative
  • Lorna Jackson, Head of Programmes — ISD
  • Peter Knight, Partnership Improvement and Outcomes Division — Scottish Government
  • Peter Martin, Programme Principal — ISD
  • Ken O'Neill — SW Glasgow Community Health Partnership
  • Lynn Railston — NHS Education for Scotland
  • Julie Rintoul, Health Analytical Services Division — Scottish Government
  • Will Scott — Scottish Government
  • Garrick Smyth — Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
  • Alison Taylor — Partnership Improvement and Outcomes Division, Scottish Government
  • Janice Turner — NHS Education for Scotland
  • Keith Whitefield — Angus Council
  • Margaret Whoriskey, Joint Improvement Team — Scottish Government

Main contact: Email peter.martin3@nhs.net